ACT ON KNOWLEDGE

While some young people elsewhere in this same world of ours, in this same country of ours are basking in luxuries and comfort, a great number of youngsters among us are sinking in the depths of poverty, misery, joblessness. These frustrations gang up and choke the very knowledge that is supposed to be the young minds’ capital to defeat the status quo.

Guys, the best weapon we can have to attain our goals and ride high in this life is knowledge. We can cry 24/7 blaming the older generation for not creating jobs, blame them for creating a culture on ‘no-employment-without-connections’, bash them for carpet interview recruitments and so on. Fine! But tell you what, sometimes the more we cry the more the things remain the same or indeed get worse.

Let this generation be a generation of action on knowledge. Yes, the same knowledge that propels our competence to vie for jobs could be the same tool that could propel us into employers. Fellow youth, we are so rich with knowledge and it is sarcastically sad that we sit on the same knowledge that it gets rusty with unending complaints. Time to do something on the knowledge we have gained is now and we will leave a legacy as a proactive generation that transformed this country into a nation of achievers.

It’s up to you and me to make attempts either individually or collectively to ensure we are prepared and well equipped to face the challenges of today and the unknown future of tomorrow.

The world is rolling fast on a super highway and suffice to say, humankind is at its vibrancy intellectually, physically and morally during the youth age.

Fellow youngsters, let these energies be utilised to act on the vast amount of knowledge we have, otherwise we will be left with a generation branded ‘wasted’. Our destiny lies in our youth.